Cohort Find: 1953 Packard Convertible In Motion

How about this classy ride captured in motion by Jerome Solberg at the Cohort? If a 1950s Cadillac is just too common for you, how about this far more exclusive and rarer ’53 Packard convertible?

Only 2,268 droptops came out from Packard for 1953. 750 of them being Caribbean models, and 1,518 belonging to today’s find.  For ’53 this “smart new Convertible” was powered by a 180hp Thunderbolt 327cid Straight Eight, with four-barrel carburation and chrome-plated pistons. By all accounts an incredibly well-balanced and silky smooth powerplant. Part of the magic of the Packard name and its dignified ride.

The Packard saga was about to enter its final chapters soon after, and the brand had certainly lost some luster by the mid-’50s. That said, nowadays this one makes a rather dashing sight on the street.

 

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